Blog by Andreas Glaser » Modules http://www.andreas-glaser.com Development, Technology and such... Wed, 18 May 2011 23:16:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Apache2 – Perfect mod_expires configuration http://www.andreas-glaser.com/2009/12/14/apache2-perfect-mod_expires-configuration/ http://www.andreas-glaser.com/2009/12/14/apache2-perfect-mod_expires-configuration/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:37:41 +0000 Andreas Glaser http://www.andreas-glaser.com/?p=522 Well, “perfect” might be a little exaggerated although I consider this a good configuration at the moment.
You can put this globally into your httpd.conf or separately in every vhost configuration file you need it.

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        ExpiresActive On
        ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
        ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"
        ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
        ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
        ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
        ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
        ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
        ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 month"

Make sure you versionize your JavaScript/CSS to be able to force an update, in case you change them.
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    My Example
 
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    <script src="javascript.js?version=1" type="text/javascript"><!--mce:0--></script>

You should also give newly updated pictures new names!

Over and out,
JaZz

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